THIS IS PENN STATE. WRESTLING LIVES HERE. #1 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (0-0, 0-0 B1G) 2018-19 SCHEDULE WT NAME EL HT/HS REC 125 Devin Schnupp So
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THIS IS PENN STATE. WRESTLING LIVES HERE. #1 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (0-0, 0-0 B1G) 2018-19 SCHEDULE WT NAME EL HT/HS REC 125 Devin Schnupp So. Lititz, Pa./Warwick 0-0 NOVEMBER 133 Roman Bravo-Young Fr. Tucson, Ariz./Sunny Side 0-0 Sun. 11 #24 KENT STATE 2 p.m. 141 #4 Nick Lee So. Evansville, Ind./Homeschool 0-0 Sun. 18 at Keystone Classic (Philadelphia) All Day 149 Jarod Verkleeren Fr. Greensburg, Pa./Hempfi eld 0-0 #15 Brady Berge Fr. Mantorville, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville 0-0 Fri. 30 at Bucknell 7 p.m. 157 #1 Jason Nolf Sr. Yatesboro, Pa./Kittanning 0-0 165 #1 Vincenzo Joseph Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic 0-0 DECEMBER 174 #2 Mark Hall Jr. Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley 0-0 Sun. 2 LEHIGH (BTN) 1:30 p.m. THIS IS 184 #4 Shakur Rasheed Sr. Coram, N.Y./Longwood 0-0 Fri. 14 ARIZONA STATE (ESPN2) 6 p.m. 197 #1 Bo Nickal Sr. Allen, Texas/Allen 0-0 285 Anthony Cassar Sr. Rocky Hill, N.J./Montgomery 0-0 JANUARY WRESTLING STATE. PENN #2 Nick Nevills Sr. Clovis, Calif./Clovis 0-0 Tu.-Wed. 1-2 Southern Scuffl e (Chattanooga) All Day Fri. 11 at Northwestern* 8 p.m. Sun. 13 WISCONSIN* 1 p.m. #24 KENT STATE GOLDEN FLASHES (3-1)* Sun. 20 NEBRASKA* 1 p.m. Fri. 25 at Purdue* 7 p.m. WT NAME EL HT/HS REC Sun. 27 at Indiana* 2 p.m. 125 Jake Ferri So. Billerica, Mass./Shawsheen Valley Tech 1-0 OR Tomas Gutierrez So. Arvada, Colo./Pomona 2-0 FEBRUARY 133 Tim Rooney Jr. Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles 0-0 Fri. 1 MICHIGAN* (BJC / BTN) 7 p.m. 141 Cory Simpson So. Mogadore, Ohio/Field 2-1 149 Kody Komara Fr. Freedom, Pa./Freedom 1-1 Fri. 8 at Ohio State* (BTN) 8:30 p.m. 157 Nick Monico So. Meadville, Pa./Saegertown 1-0 Fri. 15 MICHIGAN STATE* 7 p.m. HERE. LIVES 165 Isaac Bast Sr. Massillon, Ohio/Perry 1-0 Sun. 17 at Illinois* 2 p.m. 174 Dylan Barreiro So. Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy 2-0 Sun. 24 BUFFALO 2 p.m. 184 Andrew McNally So. Uniontown, Ohio/Lake 3-0 197 #2 Kyle Conel Sr. Ashtabula, Ohio/Lakeside 1-0 MARCH OR Shane Mast Jr. Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth 2-0 Sat.-Sun. 9-10 Big Ten Championships (Minneapolis) TBA 285 Billy Bolia Fr. Fairport, N.Y./Fairport 1-1 Sat. 9 Session 1 -- Opening Round Sat. 9 Session 2 -- Semifi nals * Kent State competes on Friday night, 11/9, post-press Rankings listed are InterMat TPI/Intermat Individual as of 10/31 Sun. 10 Session 3 -- Conso/Places/Championships Thur.-Sat. 21-23 NCAA Championships (Pittsburgh, Pa.) TBA Thur. 21 Session 1 -- 1st Round Thur. 21 Session 2 -- 2nd Round/Consolations Fri. 22 Session 3 -- Quarterfi nals/Consolations Fri. 22 Session 4 -- Semifi nals/All-America Round Sat. 23 Session 5 -- Medal Rounds THIS WEEK Sat. 23 Session 6 -- Championship Finals #1 Penn State (0-0, 0-0 B1G) opens up the 2018-19 season by hosting #24 Kent State (3-1*) in Rec Hall on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m., in the season opener for the Nittany Lions. *Kent State competes on Friday, 9/9, post-press. * Big Ten Dual All Dates and Times Subject to Change -- All Times EASTERN UP NEXT The Nittany Lions travel to Philadelphia for the 2018 Keystone Classic. The event, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in the Palestra, begins at 10 a.m. ON THE AIR TV - None Radio - ESPN Radio 1450 Radio online - Free all year via Lionvision at GoPSUsports.com Live Web Video - Free via Lionvision at GoPSUsports.com GoPSUsports.com @PennStateWREST PennStateWrestling 1 TODAY’S ACTION 2018-19 INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Nov. 6, 2018 -- The Penn State Nittany Lions (0-0, 0-0 B1G), ranked No. 1 in the InterMat Tourna- ment Power Index, will open up the 2018-19 season by hosting No. 24 Kent State (3-1*) on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. RECORDS (as of 11/5/18) in Rec Hall. Penn State has won seven of the last eight NCAA championships and return a talented line-up for the new campaign. *Kent State competes on Friday, Nov. 9, post-press. Penn State is coming off a title-run in 2017-18 that saw it go 14-0 overall and 9-0 in the Big Ten. The Lions enter the new Name, Wt. Record year riding a 45-dual win streak. The Lions had eight All-Americans last year, with fi ve national fi nalists and four NCAA Brady Berge, 149 0-0 Champions, winning the 2018 NCAA Championship in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena. Seven of those All-Americans, including four of the fi nalists and three of the champions return. jFrancisco Bisono, 174/184 0-0 Penn State will bring a veteran line-up into the new year with eight returning starters and eight wrestlers ranked in InterMat’s Joey Blumer, 141 0-0 preseason individual rankings. Seven All-Americans return for Penn State, including four wrestlers who have won national titles. Roman Bravo-Young, 133 0-0 Sophomore Devin Schnupp gets the early nod at 125 for the Nittany Lions. Schnupp started much of last season for Penn Anthony Cassar, 285 0-0 State during its undefeated dual meet campaign. True freshman Roman Bravo-Young will make his collegiate debut at 133 for Penn State. Sophomore Nick Lee enters the year ranked No. 4 at 141 after posting a 32-7 record last season. He was Austin Clabaugh, 133 0-0 a true freshman All-American a year ago, placing fi fth at NCAAs. Two red-shirt freshmen are in a battle at 149 for the Nittany Lions. Brady Berge, ranked No. 15 by InterMat, and classmate Jarod Verkleeren will be in the mix with Verkleeren getting Jon Consorti, 133/141 0-0 the nod Sunday. Jack Davis, 125/133 0-0 Senior Jason Nolf enters the year ranked No. 1 at 157. A three-time NCAA fi nalist, three-time All-American and the two-time Creighton Edsell, 165/174 0-0 defending champ at 157 went 26-1 last year, coming back from a late-season injury default to win the title in Cleveland. Junior Vincenzo Joseph has won the last two NCAA titles at 165 and heads into the new year ranked No. 1 after going 25-2 Paul Feite, 149 0-0 last year and winning it all in Cleveland. Junior Mark Hall is a two-time fi nalist who won the 174 pound title in 2017 and made the fi nals at 174 in Cleveland last year. Hall is ranked No. 2 at 174 and went 32-1 a season ago. Brian Friery, 157/165 2-2 Senior Shakur Rasheed was an All-American at 197 last year after placing seventh and ending the year with a 24-5 record. Luke Gardner, 149 0-0 This year, he moves down to 184 and enters the season ranked No. 4 nationally. Senior Bo Nickal enters the year ranked No. 1 up a weight at 197. A three-time NCAA fi nalist, three-time All-American and two-time champion at 184, Nickal was a Dominic Giannangeli, 141 0-0 perfect 31-0 last year. Penn State has an abundance of riches at 285 with All-American Nick Nevills or talented senior An- thony Cassar battling at 285. Nevills is ranked No. 2 at 285 and is a two-time All-American. He placed seventh at nationals Mark Hall, 174 0-0 a year ago and went 30-7 overall. Cassar spent last year at 197 and was ranked as high as No. 5. He went 16-2 overall, including a key win over Ohio State that clinched the Big Ten regular season title for Penn State. He is moving up to 285 Patrick Higgins, 133/141 0-0 this year and will take to the mat on Sunday against Kent State. James Hoeg, 197 0-0 LIVES HERE. LIVES Kent State went 3-1 in its opening weekend of action last weekend and also competes Friday night, Nov. 9, post-press. The Austin Hoopes, 184 1-2 Golden Flash will come to Happy Valley with one of the nation’s top 197-pounders in senior Kyle Conel, who was a national semifi nalist and All-American last year and enters the season ranked No. 2 by InterMat. Vincenzo Joseph, 165 0-0 Penn State owns a 7-0 lead in the all-time series with the Golden Flash. The Nittany Lions won the last meeting 27-15 Konner Kraeszig, 165 0-0 back on Jan. 8, 2011, at the Virginia Duals. The Lions won 38-2 in the last meeting in Happy Valley, back on Dec. 2, 1972. Nick Lee, 141 0-0 The Nittany Lions will head to Philadelphia next Sunday for the 2018 Keystone Classic at the University of Pennsylvania. The day-long event will take place in the historic Palestra and begins at 10:00 a.m. Mason Lindenmuth, 133 0-0 The 2018-19 Penn State wrestling season is sponsored by The Family Clothesline. Penn State Fans are encouraged to Justin Lopez, 125 2-2 follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at @pennstateWREST, on Penn State Wrestling’s Facebook page at www.facebook. com/pennstatewrestling and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennstatewrest. This is PENN STATE. WRESTLING lives Mason Manville, 174 0-0 here.